By Unknown Friday, November 9, 2012 '1920s 1923 Charles Chaplin classic Hollywood silent film A Woman of Paris Charles Chaplin's A Woman of Paris was a very conscious departure for the writer/director/comic. Chaplin had just begun making features,...
By Unknown Wednesday, August 22, 2012 '1940s 1940 Charles Chaplin classic Hollywood The Great Dictator Charles Chaplin resisted the coming of sound more successfully than any other filmmaker of the silent era, making a pair of mostly silent ma...
By Unknown Thursday, July 26, 2012 '1920s 1928 Charles Chaplin classic Hollywood silent film The Circus Charles Chaplin's fourth feature, The Circus is also one of his funniest and liveliest, a dazzling comic showcase for the tramp's an...
By Unknown Monday, July 9, 2012 '1920s 1921 Charles Chaplin classic Hollywood silent film The Kid Charlie Chaplin's first feature film, The Kid, opens with what might well be a statement of purpose for the master silent comic as he em...
By Unknown Tuesday, May 22, 2012 '1930s 1936 Charles Chaplin classic Hollywood silent film Modern Times Modern Times was the last of Charles Chaplin's "silent" movies, made after the silent era was over for everyone else, with pre...
By Unknown Friday, May 4, 2012 '1930s 1931 Charles Chaplin classic Hollywood silent film City Lights City Lights was an anachronism when it first appeared, a new silent production from Charles Chaplin, one of the masters of silent comedy, at...
By Unknown Thursday, March 22, 2012 '1920s 1925 Charles Chaplin classic Hollywood silent film The Gold Rush There's a reason Charles Chaplin's The Gold Rush is still such an enduring comedic masterwork, almost 90 years after it was made. It...